"side's 3-1 win over Sporting CP on Tuesday. At 17 years and 291 days, Karl is the youngest player in Champions League history to score in three straight appearances. Karl scored his third goal in four career Champions League games, controlling a pass from Konrad Laimer in mid-air before volleying a shot from a tight angle over two onrushing defenders and past the goalkeeper."
"It was part of a 12-minute, three-goal turnaround for the hosts after Joshua Kimmich's own-goal handed Sporting the lead after João Simões put Bayern under pressure on the counter. Serge Gnabry leveled for Bayern when he was left unmarked at a corner in the 65th, before Karl scored Bayern's second in the 69th and defender Jonathan Tah made it 3-1 in the 77th."
"Bayern Munich teenager Lennart Karl produced an audacious piece of skill to to continue his high-scoring start to life in the Champions League and make more history in his side's 3-1 win over Sporting CP on Tuesday. Widely viewed as German soccer's best young talent this season, Karl became Bayern's youngest-ever Champions League scorer in October on his first start in the competition. Late on, Alphonso Davies came off the bench for the Canadian left back's first game since March after a serious knee injury."
Lennart Karl scored in Bayern Munich's 3-1 victory over Sporting CP, becoming the youngest player to score in three consecutive Champions League appearances at 17 years and 291 days. Karl controlled a Konrad Laimer pass in mid-air and volleyed past defenders and the goalkeeper for his third Champions League goal in four games. The match featured a 12-minute, three-goal turnaround after Joshua Kimmich's own-goal put Sporting ahead, Serge Gnabry equalized from a corner, and Jonathan Tah sealed the win in the 77th minute. Alphonso Davies returned from a serious knee injury as a late substitute.
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